Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-29

Wnom the PAPER was puDlished until the zbtl
day of July. 1896, when Rensselaer, Hudson
who purcha sed the interest of Mr.. Pomeroy
associated himself with Mr.. Haag, and tn
publication was continued by Haag 4 Hud
son until May 10th, 1867, at which time Mr.
Hudson retired and Mr.. Haag again becam
th sole proprietor and editor, and so contin
ued until March %, 1869, when be was sue
ceeded by B. W. Trift. On the 22d of April
1863, the paper passed into the hands O
Coughlin & Hubbard, the after, William H.
became the editor. On the Sth of May of tha
year the paper was enlarged aud converted
into five column quarto. June i, 1871, thu
paper was again enlarged and became n ST,
column quarto. and so remained and was SC
conducted until the death of Mr.. Hubbard
which occurred May II, 1872.
After the death of Mr.. Hubbard the paper
passed into the management of Thomas
Coughlin, who had been associated with Mr.
Hubbard, and his brother Michel, by whom
it was conducted until the 9TH of Dec. 1872
when the Office was sold to Messrs. Orw;c
& Wisler. Mr.. Wisler retired in 1875, at
which time the senior partner, Luther L. Or
wig, became sole editor and proprietor, and
so remains.
The Norlhacest has we'll earned its present
position-one of the leading country journals
in the State, and ain accredited mouth-piece
Of its party. 1t has had its trials and tribu-
lations and passed through all the vicissi-
tudes of childhood and manhood. Ithas had
measles, the whooping cough and the scarlet
fever. On March 25th, 1859, it first passed
through that destructive element to which
sinners are finally assigned, and on the
morning of the next Gay everything consum-
able was found converted into ashes. The
metal of the old Smith press upon which the
paper was printed, was picked up and drayed
to the foundry, where it was cast into can
non and became a campaign and Fourth of
July thunderer. After having killed and
mutilated five or six men, it exploded at a
political meeting held at Chroninger's school
house, in Liberty township, in the fall of
1872, fortunately causing no serious injury.
The Office was again DESTROYED by the fire of
1869, and complate new outfit was
required. These fiery ordeals proved bene-
fit to the Office, and it always came forth
much improved. Mr.. Haag introduced the
first "jobber'-a small ALLIGATOR" press,
and soon followed with full sized .'Gor-
don.''
After the fire of 1869, Messrs. Coughlin g.
Hubbard brought on Potter Cylinder and
much improved the Office, both for news and
job printing. But to NJ. Orwig is due the
credit of planting in Napoleon one of the
best appointed printing Offices in the State.
He has added steam power and stereotyping,
and is prepared to compete in fine job work
with any Office outside of the big cities.
EvAh1sCENr PAPERS.
The Democratic party being in the ma
iority in the county, it was difficult for the
opposition, with the sparse population, to
maintain paper; it however had the pluck
to make effort after effort until it finally
succeeded. The Star sestarted as Wing
paper in 1854, and was published by George
Weimer. 1t glimmered for year or SO
when it disappeared from the armament.
In 1866, one Z. H. Bigelow, then a drug
gist in Napoleon, started Republican paper
called the Republican. 1t was printed in To.
ledo and had an existence of only few
months, being in fact nothing but a cam
paign paper. It was not until the 10th of
September, 1866, that a Republican organ
was established At that date the publica-
ton Of
THE SIGNAL
was commenced by George w. Redway. 1t
was seven column quarto, and started out
with about Goo subscribers. After publish
ing it eight weeks, Mr.. Redway sold the Of
fee to j. s. Fouke and d. B. Anger, who
continued its publication with varying sue
cess until January, 1870, when j. s. Fouke
sold his interest to D, B, Anger, who became
sole proprietor and editor. In 1872 Mr..
Anger enlarged the parpcr to nine columns,
and its circulation ran up to about 300 copies.
About October 1st, 1873, Mr.. Fouke, who had
been foreman of the Office for the Two previ-
Gus years, bought the office of Mr.. Anger,
paying him $500 for the same. Mr.. Fouke
continued its publication for, eleven years,
when BE sold The concern to II. n. Wisler,
who published it sixteen months, when he re-
I'D II TO Mr.. Fouke. The latter retained
the bfHce only seven months when he sold it
70 J. p. Belknap, its present proprietor. It
cost Mr.. Redway about 81, 800 for the materi-
al and expenses in establishing the Signal.
It was sold to r.'Belknap for $1,000.
Mr.. Fouke assisted Mr.. Redway in getting
out the two first numbers of the Signal, and
of the % years of its existence he was con.
nected with it as editor and proprietor 16
years, and alb bout two years as foreman. M.
Redway is now, and for number OF years
has been, q department clerk in Washington.
Mr.. Anger is at present editor and proprie-
tor Of the Charlotte (Mich.) Republican,, and
is also ,Adjutant General of Michigan. Ar.
Wisler has removed to Kansts, and Mr..
FSAke still remains in Napoleon.
THE LIBERTY PRESS
is ask column folio, published At Liberty
Center, IN Liberty township. 1t was estab-
lished and its publication commenced by
Rev. J. 4. Rushbridge, Nov. 18th, 1881. II
was BY him sold August 3lst, 1852, and pass
ed into the hands Of N. W. Emery, who, in
May, 1885, was succeeded by j. II. Russell.
A fewsnumbers wers issued by Mr. Russell
under the name Of ss1sissotin.n The paper
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